(v): represent falsely
(v): behave unnaturally or affectedly
(v): put forward a claim and assert right or possession of
(v): demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to
(v): put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
(v): talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion
(v): represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
(v): play a role or part
(v): state insincerely
(v): assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing
(n): the enactment of a pretense
(n): the act of giving a false appearance
(adj): imagined as in a play
(adj): vs. real) -- (lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria
